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Recycling requirements for rental houses
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Garbage and recycling requirements for property owners, managers, and landlords of residential rentals including single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes.
Owners and managers of multifamily properties – including apartments, condos, townhomes, and any residential community with five or more units – are required to provide and pay for adequate garbage and recycling service.
Garbage service for businesses
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Learn how to set up garbage, recycling, and compost collection service for your business.
Business food scraps requirement
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Food businesses in Portland will be required to compost their food scraps, starting in 2023 for some businesses.
Recycle Right at Work
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Rights, responsibilities, and resources for Portland businesses around garbage, recycling, compost, and waste prevention.
Business garbage and recycling policies
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City of Portland regulations for businesses related to recycling, single-use bags, Styrofoam, single-use plastics, and proper waste container storage.
Garbage service for multifamily properties
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Learn how to set up garbage, recycling, and compost collection service for your multifamily property. This includes apartments, condos, townhomes, and any residential community with five or more units.
Key policies, programs, and plans that shaped how the City of Portland manages and reduces waste. Details the evolution of Portland's garbage, recycling, and compost collection system from the 1950s to the present.
Business recycling requirement
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Businesses in Portland are required to recycle. This includes paper, metal, and plastic, as well as glass bottles and jars.
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Improvements to Multifamily Recycling
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Over the next few years, changes will be made to make recycling easier at apartments and other multifamily communities. This includes improved garbage and recycling service levels, easy-to-understand signs, and color-coded containers.
Containers in the Right-of-Way
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Garbage, recycling and compost containers are not allowed to be stored on public sidewalks or streets.
Residential Garbage and Recycling Rate Review
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Collection changes and community action help reduce waste and increase materials recovery.
How to set up garbage service
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How you set up service depends on whether you’re at home or at work, whether you own or rent your home, and whether you live in a house or a larger building.
Choose from this list of approved waste collection haulers to set up garbage, recycling, and compost service for your business.
Recycling at home
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Information about garbage, recycling, and compost for homeowners, renters, and landlords of single-family houses, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes.
Food service compost guide
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Learn how to set up and maintain a food scraps compost program at your restaurant, grocery store, bakery, or other food-related business.
Residential garbage rates
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Find Portland residential garbage, recycling and compost collection rates, as well as information about how the City sets these rates.
Composting at Apartments & Multifamily
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How to set up food scrap compost collection at multifamily properties. This includes apartments, condos, townhomes, and any residential community with five or more units.
Autumn compost tips
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Fallen leaves and rotting jack-o-lanterns belong in the green bin.
Business recycling guide
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Learn how to set up or improve recycling at your business. Get free posters and stickers, staff training tools, and tips for recycling at your office, restaurant, or shop.
Single-use plastics by-request policy
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Plastic straws, stirrers, utensils, and individually packaged condiments are available by request. Businesses cannot provide them automatically.
Recycling at apartments & multifamily
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Information about garbage and recycling at apartments, condos, townhomes, and other residential communities with five or more units.
Significant recycling bill passes, putting Oregon at the forefront of recycling innovation once again
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SB582, the Recycling Modernization Act, passes; retiring BPS employee Bruce Walker served on the Recycling Steering Committee for the bill.
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